OBAMA: Republicans to use RACE to stoke fear

[StMark]

Obama says Republicans will use race to stoke fear By Caren Bohan
Fri Jun 20, 7:19 PM ET



JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said on Friday he expects Republicans to highlight the fact that he is black as part of an effort to make voters afraid of him.



"It is going to be very difficult for Republicans to run on their stewardship of the economy or their outstanding foreign policy," Obama told a fundraiser in Jacksonville, Florida. "We know what kind of campaign they're going to run. They're going to try to make you afraid.

"They're going to try to make you afraid of me. He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's black?"

[StMark]

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[Sam]

So Obama is "playing the race card"?
Is that a surprise to anyone?

By the way, is he more black than he is white?
How is that divided up percentage wise?

[StMark]

So Obama is "playing the race card"?
Is that a surprise to anyone?

By the way, is he more black than he is white?
How is that divided up percentage wise?


But doesn't society set this standard???

If a person is even 1/4 black, by societal standards,
they are considered black

[Sam]

But doesn't society set this standard???

If a person is even 1/4 black, by societal standards,
they are considered black

I thought that in some states if a person was 1/16 or 1/32 "negro" they were legally a "negro."

[StMark]

I thought that in some states if a person was 1/16 or 1/32 "negro" they were legally a "negro."




where ?

[Sam]

where ?


I thought that Louisiana had a law like that.
I could be wrong.

[StMark]

I thought that Louisiana had a law like that.
I could be wrong.


well, I think this is going to become an issue
I really do


I think McCain has something up his sleeve
he has not brought out yet

[Sam]

well, I think this is going to become an issue
I really do


I think McCain has something up his sleeve
he has not brought out yet

I'm sure both Obama and McCain have skeletons in their closets that they want to keep hidden.

[Carpenter]

I don't trust Obama I don't care if he were green...well I would trust him even less than I do now because he would probably be from another planet, but you get my point.

I find it difficult to trust ANY democrat...except for maybe Joe Leiberman who could be selected as Johnny's VP.

[Carpenter]

I'm sure both Obama and McCain have skeletons in their closets that they want to keep hidden.

I don't think Obama has anything in his closet, he hasn't done anything, and hasn't been around long enough. THAT is what scares me.

[CC1]

I agree with Sam that it is no surprise Obama is playing the race card. I have posted many times that the idea is to label anyone who doesn't vote for him as racist even though there is every reason on the world not to vote for him based on his political orientation.

A liberal is a liberal whether they are male, femaler, black, white, or brown. It is their policies I oppose not their gender or race.

I hope Americans are not swayed by this race baiting (although I am sure many libs will vote for him not just because he is a lib but because they feel they owe it to him since 150 years ago blacks were slaves and this will assuage their misplaced guilt0.

[tstew]

I don't trust Obama I don't care if he were green...well I would trust him even less than I do now because he would probably be from another planet, but you get my point.

I find it difficult to trust ANY democrat...except for maybe Joe Leiberman who could be selected as Johnny's VP.

Personally, I don't trust ANY politician.

[chosenbyone]

So Obama is "playing the race card"?
Is that a surprise to anyone?

By the way, is he more black than he is white?
How is that divided up percentage wise?

Sam,

You sort of proved his point when you brought up that he was more black that white! Why would you even write "how is that divided up percentage wise"? Even if you were trying to be funny, it came across as something much different. Remember, the man didn't lose his humanity just because he decided to run for president.

He didn't play the race card in that statement, he was stating facts.

I have witnessed a lot of subtle and some not so subtle racism these last several months regarding Obama with many of it coming from fellow "Christians".

Regardless, of your views on Obama, you have been a blessing to me many times when I have read your post (just not this particular post). :toofunny

God bless you,

CB1

[tstew]

I agree with Sam that it is no surprise Obama is playing the race card. I have posted many times that the idea is to label anyone who doesn't vote for him as racist even though there is every reason on the world not to vote for him based on his political orientation.

A liberal is a liberal whether they are male, femaler, black, white, or brown. It is their policies I oppose not their gender or race.

I hope Americans are not swayed by this race baiting (although I am sure many libs will vote for him not just because he is a lib but because they feel they owe it to him since 150 years ago blacks were slaves and this will assuage their misplaced guilt0.

CC I guess that's possible....but there are also a lot of white libs and moderates who are voting for him because they feel like he is a great candidate who to many appears to be a departure from politics as usual and specifically our current policies. It is race baiting if anyone is implying that anyone not voting for him must be doing so because he is black. But it is also race baiting to imply that anyone who is voting for him must be doing so because he is black. Many have liked him as a candidate since they first saw him speak at the DNC.

[chosenbyone]

CC I guess that's possible....but there are also a lot of white libs and moderates who are voting for him because they feel like he is a great candidate who to many appears to be a departure from politics as usual and specifically our current policies. It is race baiting if anyone is implying that anyone not voting for him must be doing so because he is black. But it is also race baiting to imply that anyone who is voting for him must be doing so because he is black. Many have liked him as a candidate since they first saw him speak at the DNC.

Great post!

[tstew]

CC I guess that's possible....but there are also a lot of white libs and moderates who are voting for him because they feel like he is a great candidate who to many appears to be a departure from politics as usual and specifically our current policies. It is race baiting if anyone is implying that anyone not voting for him must be doing so because he is black. But it is also race baiting to imply that anyone who is voting for him must be doing so because he is black. Many have liked him as a candidate since they first saw him speak at the DNC.

He is after all not the first Black person to run for President...there have even been blacker :)

[TRFrance]

Sam,

You sort of proved his point when you brought up that he was more black that white! Why would you even write "how is that divided up percentage wise"? Even if you were trying to be funny, it came across as something much different. Remember, the man didn't lose his humanity just because he decided to run for president.

He didn't play the race card in that statement, he was stating facts.

I have witnessed a lot of subtle and some not so subtle racism these last several months regarding Obama with many of it coming from fellow "Christians".

I agree.

[chosenbyone]

I agree.

There has been a lot of progress made in regards to civil rights in the US since Dr. Martin Luther King passed from this earth 40 years ago; however, when someone like Senator Obama came along, we were reminded just how much more work was needed before Dr. King's dream becomes a reality!

[Rico]

Sam,

You sort of proved his point when you brought up that he was more black that white! Why would you even write "how is that divided up percentage wise"? Even if you were trying to be funny, it came across as something much different. Remember, the man didn't lose his humanity just because he decided to run for president.

He didn't play the race card in that statement, he was stating facts.

I have witnessed a lot of subtle and some not so subtle racism these last several months regarding Obama with many of it coming from fellow "Christians".

Regardless, of your views on Obama, you have been a blessing to me many times when I have read your post (just not this particular post). :toofunny

God bless you,

CB1

Me too. But, I've come to expect it from some people. Even people around here.

[Rico]

There has been a lot of progress made in regards to civil rights in the US since Dr. Martin Luther King passed from this earth 40 years ago; however, when someone like Senator Obama came along, we were reminded just how much more work was needed before Dr. King's dream becomes a reality!

I think MLK would be jumping out of skin for joy if he were still alive.

[chosenbyone]

I think MLK would be jumping out of skin for joy if he were still alive.

With certainty, he would be proud of Obama being the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. With just as much certainty, he would recognize the fact that there remains a great percentage of citizens who continue to judge Obama by the color of his skin rather than his character.

"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'"
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
"I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood."
"This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day."
"Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children."
"Let freedom ring. And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring—when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children—black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics—will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" excerpt from "I Have A Dream" by Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963.